Seventeen short chapters with engaging narrative and lots of photos with information-packed captions illustrate the mechanisms by which birds produce the characteristic and sometimes brilliant coloration of their feathers and other body parts.

Big Bird discovers that some things are easy to do if you are small and others are easy to do if you are big.

"Dino" Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct. An acclaimed dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children's books, writes a popular dinosaur column in Highlights magazine, and was an adviser for Jurassic Park. Take a trip through dinosaur time to meet these pterosaurs face-to-face: The Quetzalcoatlus had wings that spanned the length of...

"A lion finds a wounded bird in his garden and decides to care for it through the winter. When spring arrives, the bird's flock returns. The bird goes off with its flock. Lion is sad. But autumn brings a wonderful surprise"--

When little Dee is harassed by the neighborhood hawk, Mama comforts her with a story about her dinosaur grandmother, reminding Dee that even though she is small, she is mighty.

After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.

Groups birds according to whether they are found in city and town, farm country, field and meadow, or woodland and then describes the birds, their nests, and their eggs.

After an old owl tells him the story of Christmas, a little bird decides to share the message with the children of the world.